PhDs pay: study reveals economic benefit of funding doctorates
Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study
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Dutch universities and Elsevier reach deal over open access
A long-running stand-off has been resolved as a three-year deal on subscriptions is agreed
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The great researchers of the past would not get funding today
Donald Braben looks at the implications of Sir Paul Nurse’s review of research councils
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Students occupy London Met art gallery as faculty dean is suspended
Protest sparked by suspension of highly respected architecture professor who refused to support relocation of the school
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David Cesarani: my PhD supervisor, advocate, supporter, challenger, host, comic and friend
On the eve of her viva, Vivi Lachs muses on the untimely death of an eminent historian – and her unstintingly generous mentor
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Mary Bryden, 1953-2015
A leading expert on Samuel Beckett and French 20th-century writing has died.
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A* grade 'increases private school advantage' in university admissions
Cambridge Assessment study finds independent sector pupils up to four times more likely to achieve at least one top grade
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Border studies: relevant for international relations and ‘border guard’ university staff
From Isis and the Middle East to Europe’s response to refugees, borders are at the heart of many crises around the world
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Interview with Sir Peter Sutherland
The former director general of the World Trade Organization talks immigration and inter-university rugby rivalries
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Engineering as ‘aspirational’ career path: vision of University of Sheffield leadership academy
Sheffield Engineering Leadership Academy aims to equip graduates with the ‘soft skills’ required for industry or academia
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Can philosophy survive in an academy driven by impact and employability?
Simon Blackburn, Mariana Alessandri and John Kaag on why reports of Socrates’ impending demise are greatly exaggerated